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• Tracks on THE THAI ORCHESTRA - The Thai Orchestra:
• THE THAI ORCHESTRA : 01
• THE THAI ORCHESTRA : 02
• THE THAI ORCHESTRA : 03

It always interests me when a record sidles along with little to no information on the sleeve and little to no provided information with it - I mean it gets you thinking doesn't it; where did it come from, who made it, why have we got it here? This is one such record - with hand-crafted sleeves containing nothing about the album at all save some Thai squiggles I was instantly intrigued as to what kind of treasure I was holding in my hands. It's that same feeling as when you're rifling through dusty LPs in an old record shop and you find something that looks so peculiar and out-of-time you know you have to listen to it - luckily though the music was even better than I could have hoped. Apparently recorded in the late 70s in Thailand this album is an absolutely essential purchase for any of you who have had your tastes whet by the Sublime Frequencies compilations or Nonesuch's series of 'Explorer' releases. The educated amongst us know only too well that world music doesn't necessarily have to involve pan-piped renditions of Celine Dion classics, and The Thai Orchestra is about as far away from the public opinion of 'world music' as you can possibly get. Related in some way to Balinese Gamelan music, we can hear the Thai Orchestra playing folk rhythms with unusual-sounding traditional instruments, but oddly enough they manage to introduce Western sounding structures which give the recording a strange psychedelic/funk feeling at times. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if the record had been made only weeks ago, let alone thirty years ago as the sound is incredibly contemporary and surprisingly relevant in relation to the whole psychedelic folk scene at the moment. Simply put the music on this disc has floored us, rarely do we get something in which comes so unexpectedly and leaves such a lasting impression - just listen to the samples here and be prepared to be transported into the world of the weird East. Totally unmissable!
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by John Storm Roberts

In their palmy days, E.T. Mensah's '50s Tempos were the most influential band in West Africa. Here are four of their most charming early hits. The Ramblers -- one of the hottest bands of the '60s -- and the Uhurus were both jazz-oriented. The Ramblers stuck to straightahead dance music; Uhuru experimented, with phenomenal results, in the early '70s. This was the cutting edge of highlife in its time, and its extinction was a real loss. permalink

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Originaire de Brooklyn à New York, le groupe perpétue la tradition soul & salsa chère au label Fania.
Ses débuts remontent à une jam session dans les studios de Soul Fire en 2002.
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Bronx River Parkway is a band based out of NY that was initially formed during an impromptu jam session at the Soul Fire studios in early 2002.  Out of that jam session came their first single entitled “Quines Que Resolverlo” which was released later that year on the Latin Express imprint of Soul Fire Records.

In 2004, Pablo Rodriguez, of Candela Records, and visual artist, Rostarr, had the vision of melding the gritty style and aesthetic of Bronx River Parkway with the distinct musical vocabulary of traditional Puerto Rican music. The way to see this though was to team up NY’s, Bronx River Parkway, with a crew of legendary salsa musicians that make their home in San Juan.  Some of the local musicians who contributed to the album have graced the stage with such legends as Roberta Roena, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ray Baretto, and Tito Rodriguez to name a few.  Sammy Ayala, one the many vocalists featured on the album, was an original member of Cortijo y su Combo.  Fifty years ago, Sammy Ayala, along with Raphael Cortijo and Ismael Riviera, created a blended sound in salsa incorporating the native rhythms of Puerto Rico with the Caribbean sounds from Cuba, Dominican republic and the West Indies. They were one of Puerto Rico's most successful musical groups, and one of Salsa's most famous groups across Latin America.

In February of 2005, original members Leon Michels, Jeff Silverman, Quincy Bright, and Nick Movshon were flown to San Juan, PR for eight days. Housed in a 200-year-old, former ballet school that was once owned by Tego Calderon, BRP built a make-shift studio with carefully arranged bed mattresses and began recording what would eventually become the album, “San Sebastian 152”.  What came of these recording sessions is a unique and inspired mix of the varying musical genres that have influenced both BRP and all the musicians involved.  The American soul and R&B influences of BRP remain the basis while traditional bomba, salsa, and rumba shine through to create something completely fresh. BRP continue to push the boundaries of what is considered modern latin music.
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Discographie :
- San Sebastian 152 (2008)